The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium

The GPPC, in conjunction with the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, presents:

2012 Philosophy on Film Series: Estrangements
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 West Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Dates, Films, and Speakers:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
Michael Tolkin’s The Rapture (1991)
Presenter: John Carvalho, Chair, Philosophy Department, Villanova University

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Presenter: Richard Kamber, Department of Philosophy, Religion & Classical Studies, College of New Jersey

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Presenter: S. Joel Garver, Philosophy Department, La Salle University
Fee: $30.00 per person (for the whole series).

Registration opens March 1, 2012 on Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s website: http://brynmawrfilm.org/education/

For further information contact Marc Moreau, Chair, Philosophy Department,
La Salle University, moreau@lasalle.edu

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium presents:


Aristotle and the Philosophy of Action
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Haub Center, 5th Floor
McShain Hall
Saint Joseph’s University
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Schedule

1:00pm
“Aristotle on Action and Teleology”
Ursula Coope (Oxford University)
Commentator: Fred Adams (University of Delaware)
3:00pm
“Teleology and Free Will”
Scott Sehon (Bowdoin College)
Commentator: Matthew Walker (Rutgers University)
For more information, contact Andrew Payne: apayne@sju.edu

Sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium and the Saint Joseph’s University Philosophy Department

The Haverford College Department of Philosophy presents:

“The Will to Nothingness”
Bernard Reginster
Professor of Philosophy, Brown University
Friday, 23 March 2012
2:00pm - Gest 101
Bernard Reginster’s book on Nietzsche, The Affirmation of Life, was published in 2006 by Harvard University Press.

It draws on Nietzsche’s unpublished writings to offer a systematic interpretation of the problem of nihilism with its attendant moral disorientation and despair. Reading Nietzsche against Schopenhauer, Reginster examines the way Nietzsche understands the will to power and the thought of the eternal return of the same to lead to an overcoming of nihilism and to an affirmation of life.

The talk “The Will to Nothingness” will focus on the genealogy of morality and especially on Nietzsche’s concept of ressentiment.

University of Delaware Departments of Linguistics & Cognitive Science and Philosophy announce:


Mini-Conference on Intentional Agency, Freewill & Neuroscience

Saturday, 17 March 2012
9:00am - 2:30pm
Room 005 Kirkbride
University of Delaware - Main Campus
Newark, Delaware

Co-sponsored by the American Philosophical Association and UD Class of 1955 Ethics Endowment.

Free and open to the public.

9:00am - 10:30am
Michael Bratman (Stanford University) - "Intention and Rationality"

10:30am - 12:00noon
Alfred Mele (Florida State University) - "Free Will and Neuroscience"

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University) - "A Contrastivist Account of Freedom"

For more information contact: Fred Adams (fa@udel.edu) or Fred Schueler (schueler@udel.edu).

The GPPC presents:



“Truth and Argument in Traditional Chinese Philosophy”
Bryan W. Van Norden
Vassar College
Professor, Philosophy Department and
Professor, Chinese and Japanese Department

Wednesday, 7 March 2012
1:00pm
West Chester University
Philips Autograph Librar

Sponsored by the Asian and Comparative Philosophy Discussion Group of the GPPC and the West Chester University Philosophy Department.

Directions to WCU: http://www.wcupa.edu/_visitors/

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium announces:

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Winning Papers to be Presented

Saturday, March 3, 2012
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Holroyd Hall 190
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA

Jason Kane
The College of New Jersey - New Jersey
“Folk Understandings of the Relationship between Blame and Responsibility”

Omar Quinonez
University of Colorado Denver - Colorado
“Father Why Have You Forsaken Us?”

Ryan Lambert
Rollins College - Florida
“Brutality and Mirror Neurons”


Schedule:

1pm - 2pm: Essay Winners Presentations

2pm - 2:15pm: Break and Refreshments

2:15pm - 3pm: A Conversation on Moral Relativism:
Morgan Wallhagen Ph.D., (Bryn Mawr College)
S. Joel Garver Ph.D. (La Salle University)
3pm - 3:15pm: Second Break.

3:15pm - 4:30pm: Philosophy Slam
Topic: "Morality, What Is It Good For?"

A group for the discussion of work in progress in epistemology will meet to discuss a paper by Jerry Vision (Temple University), "Much Ado About Nothing".

The meeting will take place at:Swarthmore College, Papazian Building 325
Monday, February 27, 5pmPlease RSVP to Peter Baumann via email: pbauman1@swarthmore.edu.

This time we will not have the paper to distribute in advance.

If you have a paper you´d like to discuss in the group, please let Professor Baumann know.

The purpose of this group is to provide space to informally discuss work in progress among philosophers in the Greater Philadelphia area (including guests) who are interested in epistemology in a broad sense (including, for example, Philosophy of Science). The group meets approximately 3 times per semester.

Driving directions to Swarthmore College: http://www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/visitors_content_directions.php

The GPPC invites you to a Community Lecture:

"Why does Literature Matter?"
Cherry Hill High School East
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 – 7pm to 8:30pm
Speakers:
Richard Kamber, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
The College of New Jersey
"Storytelling as Communication and Art"

Richard Eldridge, PhD
Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy
Swarthmore College
"Learning from Lyric Poetry: Friedrich Hölderlin & Ingeborg Bachmann"

Moderator:
Frank Hoffman, PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Chester University
Chair, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium

Discussion Panelists:
Steven Ravitz, Chairman of the Board, Ravitz Family Foundation
Joe Truitt, Independent Scholar, Teacher of Literature and Film
Vinnie Tagliaferro, General Manager, Melitta Coffee, Cherry Hill

Attendance is free of charge

To pre-register for this event (optional):
E-mail steve.esser@permitcap.com and include your name and "GPPC Cherry Hill"

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium presents:

submission deadline approaching: December 20, 2011.

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Saturday, March 3, 2012
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Holroyd Hall 190
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduates are invited to submit essays suitable for a 20-minute presentation on any topic in philosophy. All submissions should be no more than 3,000 words (or 10 double-spaced pages). Papers (in .doc, .docx, or .pdf files) may be electronically submitted by e-mail attachment to moreau@lasalle.edu or as a printed copy by postal mail to

Marc Moreau, Chair Philosophy Department La Salle University 1900 W. Olney Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19141.

The applicant’s contact information, including e-mail address, should be provided on a cover sheet but should not appear in the body of the paper.

Deadline for submissions: December 20, 2011.

Notifications of acceptance will be transmitted by February 1, 2012.

Undergraduates who do not wish to submit a paper but who wish to participate in the conference as commentators or as panelists should contact Marc Moreau to indicate areas of interest by December 20, 2011.

Coordinator: Marc Moreau, Chair Philosophy Department, La Salle University, moreau@lasalle.edu

Find it on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LSUphilconf

This event is sponsored by the GPPC and La Salle University.